The Silence of the Lambs (1991) vocabulary: the 730 English words to know

1182 different words in this film. Knowing the 1,000 most common English words covers about 70% of this film; the 3,000 most common, about 83%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
precious 10
00:58:04Yes, it will, Precious. It will get the hose.
skin 9
00:14:22You use Evyan skin cream.
outta 8
00:23:03Yes. I won't disturb anything, I promise. I'll be outta here before you know it.
lamb 8
01:10:53Lambs.
patient 7
00:19:17Go seek out Miss Mofet, an old patient of mine. M-O-F-E-T.
covet 7
01:08:53- Sexual frustrations. - No. He covets.
view 6
00:08:21From a research point of view, Lecter is our most prized asset.
scream 6
01:10:24It was screaming.
leg 5
01:04:09Amputate a man's leg and he can still feel it tickling.
treat 5
00:51:08that you're big enough to treat Catherine better than the world has treated you.
physical 5
00:07:55Dr Chilton at the asylum will go over all the physical procedures used with him.
senator 5
00:49:53Catherine Martin, the 25-year-old daughter of Senator Ruth Martin,
transfer 5
00:52:15the senator promises you a transfer
drawing 5
00:07:13How does he look? How does his cell look? Is he sketching, drawing?
random 5
01:26:15"Clarice, doesn't this random scattering of sites seem desperately random,
ranch 5
00:56:17I lived with my mother's cousin and her husband in Montana. They had a ranch.
lotion 5
00:57:46It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it's told.
appreciate 4
00:33:44I really appreciate this. Thank you. Thank you.
file 4
00:28:22- Do you know something about him? - I might if I saw the case file.
mister 4
00:57:51Mister, my family'll pay cash. Whatever ransom you're asking for, they'll pay it.
gentleman 4
00:41:30Excuse me. Excuse me, gentlemen. You officers and gentlemen,
serial 4
00:06:36We're interviewing all serial killers now in custody for a psycho-behavioural profile.
transsexual 4
00:55:54- Transsexuals are very passive. - Clever girl.
victim 3
00:16:01It excites him. Most serial killers keep some sort of trophies from their victims.
taste 3
00:09:18And are you ever his taste! So to speak.
mention 3
00:22:09Look, I know it got ugly today, but you mentioned a name at the end: Mofet.
memory 3
00:14:45- Do you know Florence? - All that detail just from memory, sir?
consider 3
00:37:53- I'm considering it. - That's why you sent me in there, isn't it?
beach 3
00:52:43Every day of that week you may walk on the beach, you may swim in the ocean,
folks 3
00:41:36I know that y'all brought her this far and her folks would thank you if they could
rule 3
00:09:25Good. Then you should be able to remember the rules.
copy 3
00:07:27A copy of our questionnaire and a special ID for you.
student 3
00:13:27Yes, I'm a student. I'm here to learn from you.
interview 3
00:06:36We're interviewing all serial killers now in custody for a psycho-behavioural profile.
repeat 3
00:51:24She keeps repeating the name.
remove 3
00:09:57His restraints were removed for an EKG.
ambulance 3
01:19:07Get me the SWAT team and an ambulance double-quick.
elevator 3
01:22:03Elevator!
profile 3
00:06:36We're interviewing all serial killers now in custody for a psycho-behavioural profile.
description 3
01:03:51We need his address and a physical description.
basket 3
00:58:27Now it places the lotion in the basket.
graduate 3
00:06:21Double major: Psych and criminology. Graduated magna.
courtesy 3
00:15:03You were doing fine. You had been courteous and receptive to courtesy.
desperately 3
00:17:12And that accent you've tried so desperately to shed: Pure West Virginia.
moth 3
00:48:27Better known to his friends as the death's-head moth.
tedious 3
00:17:25All those tedious, sticky fumblings in the back seats of cars,
questionnaire 3
00:07:27A copy of our questionnaire and a special ID for you.
seek out 3
00:19:17Go seek out Miss Mofet, an old patient of mine. M-O-F-E-T.
wake up 3
01:12:10- He killed him. - You still wake up sometimes, don't you?
weight down 3
00:36:20Her body was the only one he took the trouble to weight down,
field 2
00:24:29this is the number for our Baltimore field office.
glass 2
00:09:31Do not touch or approach the glass. You pass him nothing but soft paper.
cash 2
00:57:51Mister, my family'll pay cash. Whatever ransom you're asking for, they'll pay it.
truck 2
00:33:29Yeah. I got it this far. I just can't get it up in the truck by myself.
grab 2
00:33:33- Here. Grab this. - OK.
address 2
01:03:51We need his address and a physical description.
bother 2
01:39:59Good afternoon. Sorry to bother you. I'm looking for Mrs Lippman's family.
begin 2
01:08:58That is his nature. And how do we begin to covet, Clarice?
suit 2
01:04:46Love your suit.
waste 2
01:03:04I won't waste your time or Catherine's time, bargaining for petty privileges.
throat 2
00:44:44She's got something in her throat.
weapon 2
01:05:32Log in and check your weapon.
double 2
00:06:21Double major: Psych and criminology. Graduated magna.
level 2
00:46:01Exit wound level with the second or the third thoracic vertebrae,
closer 2
00:12:54Closer, please.
apparently 2
00:29:27Jack Crawford is helping your career. Apparently he likes you and you like him.
nature 2
01:08:28What is its nature?
heavy 2
01:11:41He was so heavy.
mommy 2
00:58:42I wanna see my mommy!
awful 2
01:03:09Clarice Starling and that awful Jack Crawford have wasted far too much time.
large 2
00:45:57this time in two large diamond-shaped sections above the buttocks.
cousin 2
00:56:17I lived with my mother's cousin and her husband in Montana. They had a ranch.
doc 2
01:14:40- Ready when you are, doc. - Just another minute, please.
feed 2
00:48:37Somebody grew this guy. Fed him honey and nightshade, kept him warm.
nurse 2
00:10:00When the nurse leaned over him, he did this to her.
discuss 2
00:39:09This type of sex crime has certain aspects I'd just as soon discuss in private.
condition 2
01:00:06I designed it. Of course, I worked in a few conditions for my own benefit as well.
sheriff 2
00:38:50Excuse me, Sheriff Perkins. These are the FBI people.
male 2
00:37:06He's a white male. Serial killers tend to hunt within their own ethnic groups.
command 2
00:20:58Johnson, good entry, good command. Starling, where's your danger area?
ugly 2
00:19:05- Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly. - Then do this test.
kinda 2
00:33:26- Thank you. - You look kinda handicapped.
unit 2
00:22:41Unit 31 was leased for ten years, pre-paid in full.
access 2
00:52:25You'd have reasonable access to books.
soft 2
00:09:31Do not touch or approach the glass. You pass him nothing but soft paper.
post 2
00:05:54I hope so. They haven't posted any grades yet.
manage 2
00:10:05The doctors managed to reset her jaw, more or less, save one of her eyes.
spread 2
01:42:54And turn around. Spread your legs.
page 2
01:08:15Everything you need to find him is there in those pages.
subject 2
00:06:56- Who's the subject? - The psychiatrist, Hannibal Lecter.
tongue 2
00:10:10His pulse never got above 85, even when he ate her tongue.
shape 2
00:43:24Star-shaped contact entrance wound over the sternum.
telephone 2
01:38:30- Put her in that bucket. - Get me a telephone and lower it down.
knowledge 2
00:16:48No. I thought that your knowledge...
attorney 2
clever 2
00:09:07Crawford's very clever, isn't he, using you?
wound 2
00:43:24Star-shaped contact entrance wound over the sternum.
pure 2
00:08:14Oh, he's a monster. A pure psychopath.
violence 2
00:55:51There's no correlation between transsexualism and violence.
bone 2
00:17:05Good nutrition's given you length of bone,
refuse 2
00:06:51See, the one we want most refuses to cooperate.
armed 2
01:20:26- Boyle's gun is gone, Sergeant. - Repeat: Lecter is missing and armed.
rare 2
00:08:19So rare to capture one alive.
effort 2
00:29:15A fledgling killer's first effort at transformation.
garage 2
00:27:22"Miss the rest of me." Meaning that you rented that garage?
trace 2
00:36:14The water leaves us no trace evidence of any kind.
clue 2
00:47:35- We heard about it on the radio. - This is a clue from a real murder case?
freeze 2
01:42:51Freeze! Put your hands over your head.
newspaper 2
00:15:40Please tell me. The newspapers won't say.
object 2
00:51:27If he sees Catherine as a person and not just an object, it's harder to tear her up.
pen 2
00:09:35No pencils or pens. No staples or paperclips in his paper.
secure 2
01:22:21Top three floors secured.
childhood 2
00:54:03What is your worst memory of childhood?
shoe 2
00:16:54Do you know what you look like, with your good bag and your cheap shoes?
self 2
00:22:33and there's a "Your Self" storage facility right outside of downtown Baltimore, sir.
sheep 2
00:56:22- Was it a cattle ranch? - Sheep and horses.
mile 2
01:11:50I didn't get more than a few miles when the sheriff's car picked me up.
exit 2
00:21:11to enter or exit.
identify 2
00:50:04Police indicate that the girl's blouse has been identified,
pattern 2
01:26:27Not random at all, maybe. Like there's some pattern here.
nail 2
00:43:57Her ears are pierced three times and there's glitter nail polish.
pulse 2
00:10:10His pulse never got above 85, even when he ate her tongue.
apply 2
00:52:22Maximum security still applies, of course.
oxygen 2
01:21:49Can we get the straps? Where's the fucking oxygen?
abuse 2
00:36:00No evidence of rape or physical abuse prior to death.
rub 2
00:57:46It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it's told.
privacy 2
00:22:59Privacy is a great concern to my customers.
petty 2
00:30:20Dr Chilton does enjoy his petty torments.
sarge 2
01:18:56- Right, sarge. - Brady, Howard, cover...
severe 2
00:57:18Look for severe childhood disturbances associated with violence.
cooperate 2
00:06:51See, the one we want most refuses to cooperate.
principle 2
01:08:18- Then tell me how. - First principles, Clarice. Simplicity.
cunt 2
00:12:17I can smell your cunt!
wrist 2
00:18:43I bit my wrist so I can die.
kidnap 2
00:49:57listed as missing, is now believed to have been kidnapped
indicate 2
00:46:36This would indicate that the skinning was postmortem.
orphan 2
00:56:04After your father's murder you were orphaned. What happened next?
sketch 2
00:07:13How does he look? How does his cell look? Is he sketching, drawing?
extend 2
00:39:05- We'll extend you every courtesy, but... - Sheriff.
asylum 2
00:06:53I want you to go after him again today in the asylum.
reject 2
00:57:13and been rejected.
hose 2
00:57:57It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.
tickle 2
01:04:09Amputate a man's leg and he can still feel it tickling.
transformation 2
00:29:15A fledgling killer's first effort at transformation.
postmortem 2
00:36:03All the mutilation you see there is postmortem.
simplicity 2
01:08:18- Then tell me how. - First principles, Clarice. Simplicity.
trainee 2
00:13:24Jack Crawford sent a trainee to me?
rube 2
00:16:58You look like a rube.
congratulation 2
01:50:38Congratulations.
rancher 2
00:56:33Why, Clarice? Did the rancher make you perform fellatio?

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